Ci difafter, «id Qur number?} after which the King eat fome
“ Of the fugar-candy, feemed to. relifh it, -and fliftributed
“ a littleof it to. feveral of his. Chiefs, and then directed all
**. the Slings ,tu be taken away and carried to his own Jaaufe;
« which,bdngdone, he ordered refreihmehts to he brought,
“ .which cohpHed p f 4 coc@%^t,Ah@d with warm . water,,
“ and fweet.ened with moloflesr; after,tafting:>it, .he.copi-
“ manded.a little boy who was near him?to climb a cocoa-
“ tree and gather frefli nuts, he cleared one from ijt%e
«hufks, and tafting:the milk thereof,.bade the^ittlerboy
“ prefent it to me, making figns to me to fend it back when
“ I had drank;, he afterwards broke th^^it,in$wo>tleat :a
“ little, and returned ittp.me to eat pf it, ; ;
“ I now found myfelf furrounded by a -vaft eoncourfe of
“ both foxes; much converfation took place between the
« King, his brother, and the Chiefs who were.with him. As
M their eyes were repeatedly, directed to me, I concluded I was
“ the fubjeft o f it. Taking off my hat by accident, all who
“ were prefent feemed ftruck with aftonilhment, which I
“ perceiving, unbuttoned my. waiftcoat, and took my fhoes
“ from my feet, in order that they might fee they were no
“ Part ° t rny body; being of opinion, that at firft fight of
“ me, they entertained a notion that.my clothes conftituted
“ a part of my perfon; for, when undeceived in this, they
;“ carne nearer to me, ftroked me , and put their hands into
“ my bofom to feel my Ikin. ,
« It
Ibbcing5 AöwfgrownTafhec dark, the. fein'g$bi^forother, ’’ ^
4 ‘fëveraif:oth#s/'and' m^Ülfl. re®reff into a”, hdufe; 'where
pithere"ivaS' afuppirfl-brought in?oftfaht^Boiled‘Wheieidn1
!U-a’ffand or ftodfe with'd*- r i m ör
«“four'inches high : in 1 a^d9tfh>'ör Wal^a kind
t&jyf • pudding tSSde* alfo' c#>yamfsb boilëd^arhïkibe^ft iltxgethéi^W
“ 'juft^StwC' mafh pötatoesv’bf which they püt (three aV*ibur
«•in a hd^l'hhdifii.' T ffi^ f ta d hteVif^fóme'flbël-fifti,font
«fdf what’ MÜdh noT make oht. | T h e ^e ë id u é lM 'idfe
rf^'Sfter- fUppbir^t®’ another focThfe. at fome diftancc from tjrftf ,
« firft, wheredsfÖiÈted ifij leaft forty or ymert* and wóiaiert';
« I wit^fed thithdf^^^^Mdife^ whö? When? 1 ’ftad^èdfèred,
« the houfe, made figns to me to fit, or lie down on a mat
« that wak fpreadf as. I underftood, on th e floor for më 'to.
:« fleep' on. After thé reft o f the company had fatisfiéd
« their curiofity by viewing me very accurately, they all ■
« went to fleep, and I laid myfelf down on the mat, draWih|wi
« another mat over me, which I fuppofed was placed'there
« for that purpofe/ refting my head" on a block'-of wood’,
d which ferves the people here as a pillow. Unable to flura-
« her, I lay perfectly ftill; and fome confiderable time after, 1
« When aH feemed quiet, about eight men arofe, and began
« to make two great fifes at each end o f the h o u fé f which
« was not divided by partitions, but formed one large habh
<( tation). This operation of theirs, I confels, alarmed me
« very mu ch; indeed1,1 thought of nothing lefs than that the,,
« natives*
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